[polygamous_bat]

> There is no credible accusation that X itself is tricking people here.

That is a purely subjective opinion, since I have talked to elderly people who assumed “blue checkmark = celebrity” and was therefore confused why there are so many such interactions on trivial posts.

[nradov]

Ignorant people sometimes have stupid thoughts. This is not an actual problem, or anything that governments or media companies need to fix.

Even under previous Twitter management, there were a lot of verified accounts who weren't celebrities by any reasonable definition. So only a moron would have ever believed that "blue checkmark = celebrity". We can't protect morons from themselves and it's pointless to even try.

[happytoexplain]

Calling people stupid is a common and low-quality excuse to not regulate. It's part of how societies start to fail. If some percentage of people are mistaken about something, the reality of that is all that matters, regardless of how stupid you personally think those people are.

[nradov]

Nah. There's no evidence to support your claim. You're just making things up to try to find a plausible, friendly sounding excuse to justify government censorship. Citation needed.

Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid. Government regulation can never change that reality.

[Vilian]

>government censorship

If I trick someone I get a fine, if a multi billion company do that is censorship?

[nradov]

The multi billion company hasn't tricked anyone here so your comment makes no sense.

[nozzlegear]

> Ignorant people sometimes have stupid thoughts. This is not an actual problem, or anything that governments or media companies need to fix.

The European Union thinks that it is an actual problem though, one that governments or media companies need to fix.

[p3rls]

Whoa, there's nothing trivial about ten thousand mechanical turks wishing each other good morning on a loop bub